Elemer Gorondy-Novak

Elemer Gorondy-Novak (23 February 1885-15 May 1954) was a general of Hungary who led the Hungarian 3rd Army during World War II.

Biography
Elemer Gorondy-Novak was born on 23 February 1885 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and served in World War I in the Hungarian Army. After the war, he was briefly loyal to the Hungarian Soviet Republic before defecting to Miklos Horthy's anti-revolutionary forces and becoming a General in 1934. In 1940, he was given command of the Hungarian 3rd Army, which fought in the April War of 1941 against Yugoslavia. On 1 February 1942, he retired from the Hungarian Army and served as a royal councillor before moving to Argentina and dying there in 1954.